Money handling machine



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PATENT OFFICE nnwnnn J. BRANDT, on wA'rEa'rowN, WISCONSIN, assmnon '10BRANDT AUTOMATIC CA H-Ina conmxoFWAaEW-rowm WISCONSIN, A oon oaarion orwisoolvsm MONEY HANDLING MACHINE Original application filed May 24,1924, Seria1 No. 715,662. Divided andthis application filed February 4,

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in money handlingmachines which have become familiarly known as the Brandt type ofautomatic cashier and the "present application is a division ofmyapplication filed May 24, 1924, Serial No. 715,662.

4 The principal object of the present invention resides in the provisionof a plurality 'of what mayv be termed double acting keys and ejectingmechanism so that coins will be ejected both'when the keys are depressedand when returning to their normal position. i In other words I haveprovided mechanism whereby when a key is depressed it will deliver, theamount designated upon the key and will also deliver a like amount uponthe upward movement of the key or the movement of the key in returningto its original or, normal position. For an example I will say that akey bears a designating mark to deliver five pennies from the cointrayor magazine. When this key is depressed it will deliver five pennies.fromthe coin tray and 'whenit raises or returns. to its normal positionan additional five pennies will be delivered from the tray. It will thusbe seen that I have provided'a very quick movement whereby a pluralityof coins of a similar denorninationmay be.delivered from the coin tray.

A further object of the invention consists in the provision of a machinewhich may be readily changed from a payer basis to a changer basis orfrom a1"changerbasis to a payer'bas is, a movable keyboard be-. ingprovided for this purpose, said keyboard including a plurality of keysbearing desig na ting marks, certain of the keys being what may betermed double acting keys operating suitable mechanism for deliveringapredetermined number of coins when being depressed aswell aswhenreturning. to their normal or raised position, these double acting keysbeing operable when the machine is eitherona payer or changer basis.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention consists inthe novel dea). v tails ofconstruction, and arrangement of noj'saaass.

parts, described in the followingspecifica-i tion and illustrated in theaccompanying.

drawings, andwhile I have illustrated and described the preferredembodiments of the invention, as they now appear to me it will beunderstood that such changes may be made as will-fall within the scope.of the appended claims. i

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation with parts shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a top plan with parts broken away.

Fig. 1 is a detail view illustrating the shifting mechanism for thekeyboard and portions of a rocker arm and key board resetting mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional'view, with parts shown in elevation, of thecoin supporting tray.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 looking from the opposite side of themachine.

Fig. 7- is a detail front elevation of the mechanism for placing themachine on a basis for ejecting coins from a fraction of a dollar.

Fig. 8 is a top plan of a unit to be attached to the machine fordelivering a double number of coins upon each operation of the keys.

Fig. 9is a horizontal sectionon the line 9-9 of Fig. 12.

Figs. 10 and 11 are fragmental details showing the normal and downwardposition pf the operating keys of the units shown in ig. 8. i

Fig. 12 is a side elevation of the unit shown in 8.

Figs. 13 and 14 are detailed sectionalviews on lines 1313 and 1414respectively of Figs. 9 and 12.

Fig. 15 is a side elevation, with parts in section, of the holding andreleasing means for the shiftable keyboard. I

Fig. 16 is a section on the line 1616 of Fig. 15 looking in thedirection of the arrows; and

Fig.1? is a, section on the line 17--17 of Fig. 15 looking in thedirection of the arrows.

In the drawings 1 indicates the supporting 10 the bottom plate 6, asshown, extending downwardly at an angle from the forward end of themachine towards the center, the inner ends of the plates 5 and 6 meetingas shown. The side frames 4 are connected by the trans- 5 verselyextending rods 7 which extend therebetween. A set screw 8 passes throughone of the side frames and engages in a threaded "opening 9 formed inthe end of the rod, the

opposite end of the rod being exteriorly threaded as shown at 10 toreceive an interiorly threaded sleeve 11. A set screw .12 passes throughthe opposite side frame and engages the interiorly threaded sleeve 11 asshown. It will. thus be seen that an adjustment of -the rods may besecured for positioning the side frames or usting them one relative tothe other.- Pivotally connected to. the side frames 4 are a plurality ofrocker arms 13 which are nested as shown, said rocker arms beingsupported in the normally raised position by means of the coiled springs14, the upper ends of the coiled springs being connected to the sideframes and their lower ends being connected to the rocker arms. Secured,to each of the rocker arms 13 is a depending arm 15 which is pivotallyconnected at 16 to a pusher bar 17, said pusher bar extending parallelwith the base plate 5 and having at its forward end the extension '18which is on Q somewhat higher plane and has its forward end downwardlycurved as shown at 19. Secured to the base plate 5 is aninverted U-shaped bracket 20 which limits the downward movement of the rocker arms,the horinontal portion of this bracket being somewhat resilient so thatwhen the rocker arms are depressed will take up jar and thereby protectthe operating mechanism as will be readily apparent. The upper edges ofthe rocker .:;armsare rounded as shownat 21 to form a bearing for thefingers of the operating keys. ,Thedownwardly curved ends 19 formed onthe extensions 18 of the pusher bars 17 are pivotally connected at 22 tothe slidable plates ,23 which are mounted upon the rollers 24 and 2-5which. are rotatably supported by the vertically extending plates 26 and2'? respectively. The rollers 24 and operate in the elongated openings28 and 29 formed in the 60 plates23, said slots allowing the plates tohe slid parallel to the bottomplate 6. Secured on opposite sides of theplate 2'? are the fibre b ocks 30 and'31, a metal plate 32being securedto the outer face of the block 31 and iih ng notches 33 formed in theupperedge thereof. The plates 23 have the downwardly extendingprojections 34 and 35 formed on the lower edge, the projection 34, whenthe plate 23 is in its rearward position, engaging the fibre block 30and the projection 35, when the plate is in its forwardmost positionextending through the notches 33 in the plate 32 and engaging the fibreblock 34. An upwardly extending projection 36 is formed on the forwardupper edge of the plate 23 and forms a shoulder 37 for a purpose whichwill be presently brought out. A projection 38 is formed on the forwardlower edge of the plate 23 and normally rests upon the block 39 se curedto the forward face of the plate 26.

Pivotally connected at 40 to each of the sliding plates 23 is acoinejecting finger 41 which passes through the plate 42. at the frontof the machine and through a slot formed in thelower edge of the cointray 43. Pivotally connected at 44 to the finger 41 is second finger 45which also passes through the opening in the plate 42 and the opening inthe coin tray 43. This lower finger 45 normally rests 011 and isslidable upon the plate 46 secured to the inwardly extending portion 47of the upwardly extending flange 48 which is formed on the forward edgeof the bottom plate 6. A bolt 49 passes through the fingers .41 and 45and receives the nut 50 which engages the lower face of the finger 45. Acoiled spring 51 surrounds the bolt 49- between the fingers and normallyholds them in spaced relation so that the finger 45 V will engage theplate 46 and the finger 41 will be in a position to eject the coins,which are supported in the coin tray.

The coin tray 43 is preferably of the de-, tailed construction shown inmy companion application Serial No. 715,662 of which the there willpreferably be eight stacks of coins supported bythe tray. There, will bethree stacks of pennies, one stack of nickels, two

stacks of dimes, one stack of twenty-five cent pieces, and one stack offifty cent pieces. The ejecting fingers operating on two of the stacksof pennies will deliver twoata time. pivotaly mounted on thetransversely extending rod 52 are the lockinglevers 53, there being onelocking lever for each of the slidable plates 23. Each of the lockinglevers comprises a substantially vertically extending portion 54 and asubstantiallyv horizontally extending portion 55, the portion 55having aroller 56 mounted at its'rear end. The vertically extending portion ofthe locking lever extendsin position to be engaged by a member carriedbythe coin trayand when there are coins in the particular compartment ofthe coin tray the coin engaging member carmoms:

ried thereby. will be. held in its rearwardmost position'andzwill holdthe mirror roller end oflthe locking lever in raisedposition so that theplate 23 may be freely :slid. When the stack of coins becomes low thecoin engaging member'carried by. the tray will swing into theqcoincompartment and thereby allow .the rear or roller endof the lockinglever'to fall and engage the shoulder 37 formed on-the sliding plate2.3. When in this position the plate 23' cannot be slid to eject coins.The construction and arrangement of the coin en? gagingmember carried bythe coin tray is clearly shown in Fig. '5- of the drawings.Whenthe-sliding plate 23 is heldin locking position=notice will begivento the operator of the machine that a new supply of coins isnecessary. The locking levers may. be. re leased in the manner shownanddescribed in my copending application of which the'present. applicationis a=division.- This releasing me.chanismincludes the rocker rod 57which is pivotally mounted in the side frame of. the machine andextendsbeneath the horizontal 'portions ofthe-locking levers as moreparplate 6, adjacent the forward end'of the machine, and parallel withthe bracket 58. The

' lower end ofthe bar 62iis bent at right. angles as shown at 63 to forma portion adapted to bezengaged by the fingers of the operator of themachine to slidethe'bar vertically.- The upper end of. the bar isprovided with the 7 right angle extension 64 which extends beneath therocker rod 57 and in engagement therewith.

Formedon or secured to the-bar 62, intermediate the ends, are theheaded. studs or projections 65 and 66, the stud or projection 65operating in'the opening: 59 and the stud. or projection 66 operating intheopening 60 of the bracket. As more particularly illustrated in Fig.60f the drawings the header studs or projections 65 and 66 normallyengage the lower-edges of the openings 59 and 60and when the lockinglevers 53. are in position with the rollers 56 engaging the shoulders 37of the slidable plates 23 the substantially horizontal'portions of thelocking levers will engage on the rocker rod 57. -When it is desired toraise-the locking levers so as to release-the slidable plates 23 theoperator engagesthe extension 63 on the lower end of the bar 62 andpushes: the same upwardly so that the stud or projection 65 will .be.re-

ceived the rightangle extension 61 of the opening 59. When the lug orprojection 65 is in the rightangle extension 61 of'the opening-59thebar'621will beheld in its raised or. uppermost position. As the bar. 62;is: raised the right angle extension64, engaging the rocker rod 57 willswing thesame and thereby raise the lockinglevers from engagement withthe slidable plates 23. It will:

be understood that when the coins'become lowin the tray that it will bedesired to release the locking levers so that the sliding platesmay'operate to eject all of the coins that arein the tray withoutreplenishing the stack. Of course, it will also be desirable to releasethe locking levers prior to introducing the coins into the tray. Afterthe coins are ejected from the coin tray they will drop into the chute67 which is formed 01'.

secured on the forward end of the machine, thebottom ,ofthe chute beingdownwardly inclined from opposite ends as shown at 6.8;

and leading to the central opening 69. .Secured to the under side of themachine and extending forwardlyto a point beneath the central opening 69of the chute 67 is a frame 7 O forming a guide in which operates aslid-.

finger engaging portion for engagement bythe operatorfor sliding theplate longitudi nally of the frame toremove the plate from.

beneath the opening 69 and allow the coins to pass therethrough into thehand of the operator orin a suitable receptacle provided for thereception of the coins. For a further detail description, andillustration, of the slidable plate 71, and? its associated parts,reference is made to the companion application Serial No.v 715,662 ofwhich the present application is a division.

For operating the coin ejecting mechanism I-provide a plurality of keyswhich when depressed operate the coin ejecting mechanism to eject thecombination of coins, the keys being carried by a slidable keyboardwhich sets at an angle so that the designating marks upon the keys maybe easily read by the operator. The keyboard is mounted upon rollers soas to be freely movable into its different positions without unduefriction. As has been'previously stated, whenthe keyboard is in itsraised position the machine will operate on a changer basis and when thekeyboard is in its lowered position the machine will operate on a payerbasis.

,The keyboard comprises the top plate 73 and'the bottom plate 74 spacedtherefrom, the top plate being supported for sliding movemcntupon therollers 75 which are securedto each of the side frames 4 of themachine... As shown more particularly in Fig. 2 of the drawings thefront supporting rollers will be on'a'somewhat lower plane than the rearsupportingrollers so as to support the key- 78 from engaging with theplate. The upper board in slightly inclined position so that, as

has been previously stated, the designating marks upon the several keysforming a part of the keyboard may be easily read by the operator. I Inorder to prevent lateral or side movement of the keyboard with respectto the frame of the machine and to aid in preventing undue friction inthe sliding movement of the keyboard I secure to the upper plate thelongitudinally spaced transversely extending bars 76 to opposite ends ofwhich are secured the rollers 77 which engage the sides of the frame. Itwill thus be seen that by providing the supporting rollers and therollers on the plate 7 3 is also cut away, adjacent one edge, as shownat 80 to form a sight opening through which will show either Chg, whenthe keyboard is in raised position, or the word Pay,

when the keyboard is inlowered position, so-

as to indicate to the operator whetherthe machme is set fOPOPGIfltlOIlon the changer or v payer basis. Both the upper plates 73'and the lowerplate '74 are provided with a plurality of openings, those in the lowerplate being in alignment with those in the upper plate, to receive thesubstantially verticallyextending key bars 82, said key bars having ontheir upper ends the buttons or finger pieces 83 7 bearing designatingmarks preferably in the form of numerals. Each of the key bars isprovided on its edges with a cut-out or I notched portion 83 and acoiled spring 84 surrounds each of the bars, the upper end of the springengaging the shoulder formedb'y the cut-out or notched portions 83 andthe lower end engaging the upper face of the bottom plate 7 4 so as tonormally hold the key bars in their raised positions. Each of the keybars is formed on its lower end with a horizontal extension 85 which inturn has a plurality of downwardly extending fingers or projections 86which will be spaced in such a manner as to engage the desired rockerarms to eject the proper combination of coins from the coin tray. Thefingers or projections 86 are of such a width that they may be receivedbetween the'rocker arms for a purpose which 60' will be presentlyapparent. The fingers or projections 86 when the keyboard is in raisedposition, or on a changer basis engage a certain group of the rockerarms and when in alowered position or on the payer basis other;projections or fingers will engage other groups of rocker arms, thoseprojections 01 fingers not engaging the rocker arms being re ceived inthe space between the rocker arms and being thereby inoperative.,Theupper edges of the rocker arms being rounded will allow the ends ofthe fingers or projections 86 to properly operate to depress therockerarms and thereby operate the pusher bars and associated coinejecting mechanism, the angle at which the coin bars are arrangedrelative to.

the slidable plates 23 and associated coin ejecting mechanism being suchas to allow the parts to freely slide and the coin ejecting fingers toproperly engage the coins which are supported at an angle in the cointray to prevent accidental displacement of the'coins in the severalstacks.

At times it is desirable to quickly receive double the amount which isindicated on the keys and in order that this may be done I have providedcertain keys and ejecting mechanism so that the amount designated uponthe keys will be delivered from the coin tray upon the depression of thekeys and a similar amount will be delivered from the coin tray upon theupward movement of the key or upon the return movement of the key to itsoriginal or raised position. These particular keys are carried by aseparate unit which when secured to the upper plate 73 of the key boardforms a continuationthereof and in fact the supporting rollers which areon the frame of the machine adjacent this particular unit engage beneaththe unit which is slidable thereon. The unit comprises a plate 87 whichon one edge is formed with the vertically extending flange 88, the upperedge of which is bent at right angles to form the horizontal portion 89which is provided with the longitudinally spaced openings'90 wherebythe-unit may be secured to the plate 7 3. As shown'more particularly inFig. 3 of the drawings the transversely extending bars 76 extend overthe upper face of the plate87, the plate being formed with onelongitudinal edge at an angle to allow the proper positioning of thebars. A plurality of substantially vertically extending key bars 91 arecarried by the plate 87 and extend through the openings formed therein,certain of the key bars extending on one side of the verticallyextendingplate 92 depending from the plate 87' and the other key bars extendingon the opposite face thereof. Each of the key bars 91 operated by thekeys 94, 95, 97, 98 and 99 is formed on one vertical edge with a rack100 which meshes with a gear wheel 101 rotatably,v

connected to the depending plate 92 by'means of the screw or rivet 102.As shown there are a plurality of gear wheels secured to each.

face of the depending plate 92-, the gear wheels on each face of theplate being longi-- tudinally spaced as shown more clearly in Fig. 12 ofthe drawings; While any number;

for all.

of gear wheels may be usedas required the unit which is disclosed in'thedrawings comprises five of such wheels, three being mounted on one faceof the depending plate and two being mounted on the opposite facethereof. A description of one of the gear wheels and its associatedpartswill sufiice Each of the gear Wheels has the studs or pins 103 and 104securedto oneface thereof, these studs or pins being so arranged as toextend on difierent sides of the vertical center ofthe gear securing pinor rivet 102 as more clearly illustratedin Fig. 12 of the drawings. Acoiled spring 105 has one end secured to the plate 87 and-the oppositeend connected to the key bar 91 so as to normally hold the key bar inraised position. A plate 106 is carried by each of the screws or rivets102 being positioned between-the associated gear wheel and the face ofthe plate 92, these plates being provided with an elongated verticallyextending opening 107 whereby the plate may bemoved vertically. Each ofthe .plates106is also provided with a. foot or extension 108 which isadapted to engage the rocker arms for operating the coin ejectingmechanism. A coiled spring 109 has one end secured to the plate 87 andthe opposite end connected .to the plate 106so asto normally hold theplate in raised position. Pivotally connected to eachof the plates 106,at 110 and 111 respectively are the vertically extending dogs or arms112 and 113 the upper .ends of these dogs or arms being respectively aposition to be engaged by the pins or studs 103 and 104, when the gears101,are

operated, the upper ends of the arms or dogs being drawn inwardlytowards one another I by means of the coiled spring 114 which has itsends secured to thedogs. The inward movement of the dog 112 is limitedby the pin 115and the inward movement ot the arm or dog 113 is limitedby the pin 116, these I pins 115 and 116 being formed on .or secured tothe depending plate 92.. Secured to the upper ends of the key bars arethe finger pieces or buttons which bear designating marks showing thecoins which will be eject ed'from the coin tray uponeach operation ofthe key bar. The buttons or finger pieces are shown at 93, 94, 95, 96,97, 98 and 99. When the key bar 93 is depressed five pennies will beejected upon the downward movement of the keybar. When the key 94isoperated five pennies will be delivered from: the coin tray on eachmovement of the key bar. In other words when the key 94 is depressed itwill operate the gear 101associated therewith and will rotate the samein the direction indicated by:the.arrows in Figs. 10 and 12 of thedrawings. This movement willcause the pin or projection 103; to engagethe upper edge of the dogor arm ll2 and force the same downwardly withthe plate 106'andthe lower edgeof the platewill engage the rocker armsto operate in turn the ejector fingers associated with the first threestacks of coins which arepennies. One penny will be ejected fromthefirst stack and two pennies from both the second and third stack. Whenthis downward movement of the key has been completed; the upper end ofthe dog or arm 113 will be positioned beneath the pin or projection 104,as shown more particularly in Fig. 10 of the drawings and as the key isreleasedand raises the gear wheel 101 will be rotated in the directionindicated by the arrow in Fig. l1 ofthe drawings to engage thepin orprojection 104 with the upper end of the arm or'dog 113 to again lowerthe plate 106 to engage the rocker arms for again ejecting five penniesas has been previously described. It will thus be seen that when the keyis pressed downward five pennies will beejected and then when the key isreleased and. moved upwardly it will again eject fivepennies.

When the key 95is operated onenickel will be delivered upon eachmovement of the key'bar in thesame manner as described for theoperationof thekey 94. lVhen the key 96 is operated twodimes will bedelivered'upon the downward movement of the key-bar. 'When' the key 97is operated two dimes will be delivered from the coin tray in eachdirectionlof thekey bar in the same manner as described ,for theoperation of the key 9.4. When the key 98 is operated one quarter willbe delivered upon each operation of the keyv'bar and when the key 99isoperatedone fifty cent piece will be ejected from the ,coin tray uponeach movement of the key barin the same manner as set forth for theoperation of the key 94. It will thus be seen that I have provided quickand easy means for ejecting a plurality of coins from thecoin tray :acombination of coins being ejected upon the downwardmovement of the keybar and the. same combination ejected upon the upward movement of thekey bar. When the-key bars are in their normal or raised positions thestuds or projections 103 and 104 will be in the position shown in Fig.

.12 ofrthe drawings it being noted that the stud or projection 103 willbe positioned above the upper end ofthe arm or dog 112 ,and thestudor-pi-n 104 willbe positioned the stud-or p'in104 to a position abovethe upper end of the dog or arm:113. As the key barstarts to return toits normally raised position it naturally rotates the gear 101 in theopposite direction or in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 11of the drawings and allows the plate 106 to be raised by the coiledspring 109 until the stud or pin 104 engages the upper end of the arm ordog 113. The continued movement of the gear wheel forces the arm or dogdownwardly and carries with it again the plate 106 which ejects the samenumber of coins as has beenejected upon the downward movement of'the keybar. When the key bar reaches i substantially its uppermost position thestud or pin 104 will move from the end of the arm or dog 113 and allowthe plate 106 to again be raised in its originalposition by the coiledspring 109. As has been previously stated the coiled spring acts toraise the key bar to its original position after the buttonor fingerpiece associated therewith has been released by the operator. It will beunderstood that while the operation of each of the key bars ejects adifferent combination of coins from the coin tray nevertheless themovement of the several associated parts will be the same-and it will befurther stated that the same combination of coins will be ejected fromthe coin tray by the keys of the just described unit where the machineis operated on a changer. or on a payer'basis.

The plates 106 are of such a length as to extend over a number of therocker arms and will operate to discharge the same number of coinswhether the machine is on a changer or payer basis. It will beunderstood that the key bars operated by the keys 93 and 96 are not whatmight be termed double acting, but these two keys merely eject the coinsupon the downward movement of the key bars. With the key bars operatedby the keys 94, 95, 97, 98 and 99 coins are ejected on both the downwardand upward movement of the key bars.

For shifting the position of the keyboard from a changer to apayer orfrom a payer to a changer basis I have provided a lever which isoperable beneath the bottom plate 5 in easy reach of the operator. Thislever is indicated at 117 and at its inner end is connected to a pin 118whichpasses through the bottom plate 5. A downwardly extended knob 119is formed on or secured to the outer end of the lever for engagement bythe operator. Secured to the upper end of the pin 118, above the bottomplate 5,

' 120 is a stud or projection 121 to which is connected one end of acoiled spring 122, the opposite end of the spring being secured in aneye 123 formed adjacent the lower end suitable fastening means.

of a substantiallyvertically extending'rod 124, the upper end of saidrod 124 being se cured to the upper plate 73 of the keyboard by means ofa-screw 125 or other suitable ment of thelevers is limited by theengage: ment of the pin 127 with the ends of the H opening 126. Thelever 117, adjacent the free or outer end, operates in a guide which issecured to the under side of the bottom plate 5 by means of the screws128 or other prises the bottom plate 129 and the top plate 130 whichreceives therebetween, at the ends,

the spacing strips or blocks 131 which spaces the top and bottom platesapart a sufiicient distance to allow the lever 117 to freely operatetherebetween. As shown more particularly in dotted lines in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings the top and bottom plates of the guide are arcuate in shapeand the top plate 130 is provided with a plurality'of longitudinallyThis guide comspaced openings 132 adapted to receive a projection-133formed on the upper face of the'lever 117, said projection 133, whenreceived in one of-the openings132, holding the lever in its adjustedpositions. Secured to the upper surface of the bottom plate 5,

. adjacent the rear edge thereof, is an angle bracket 134 carrying theadjusting screw 135 which extends through the vertical portion thereof,said adjusting screw'passin'g freely through the bracket and beingadjusted'by means of the thumb nut 136 which is carried thereby andengages one face of the bracket. The adjusting screw is formedon one endwith a perforation 137 in which is connected one end of a coiled spring138,

the opposite end of the coiled spring being connected in the eye 139formed in the rod 124 above the eye 123.

Whenthe lever 117 is swung rearwardly of the machine it will carry withit the relatively short lever 120 and the coiled spring 122 will drawthe keyboard towards the rearof the machine. The lever 117 being of aspring construction will position the projection 133 in one of theopenings 132 and the lever will be held in its adjusted position. Whenin this rearward position the keyboard is on a changer basis and when itis desired to change to a payer basis the lever 117 is swung inwardlyand carries with it the lever 120. This movement of the levers allowsthe coiled spring 122 to draw .or push the keyof the keyboard beingaided by gravity as the keyboard is mounted, as has been pre- I boarddownwardly, the downward movement spring will aid in returning thekeyboard to its uppermost position when the lever 117 is moved for: thatpurpose. In other words thespring'138acts more or less as a balancespring and for automatically returning the keyboard to raised positionwhen said keyboard'is moved into lowered position for one operation onlyin a manner: as will be later described.

As has-been previously described it is often desired that when thekeyboard is set on a changer basis for permanent operation that thekeyboard be moved for a single operation on the payer basis or when setfor permanent operation on a payer operation thatzit-be moved forasingle operation on the changer basis when such an emergency arises itwill be apparent that some means should be provided for automaticallyreturning the keyboard to that basis upon which it issetcfor permanentoperation. I have provided such means whereby the keyboard may bemovedfor a single operation on either of itsoperations and which will beautomatically-returned to its permanently set basis after the singledesired operation has been completed. Secured to one of the side frames4 of the machine are the vertically spaced screwsgor bolts upon whichare mounted a vertically extending plate 141, said plate having; theelongated openings 142 through which the screws pass. Intermediate theopenings 142 is an elongated opening 143, a lug or projection 144- beingformed at the lower: end thereof. Secured to this lug or projection 144is one end of a coiled spring 145, the opposite end of the coiled springbeing securedtoan, eye 146 which is formed on or-secured to the sideframe 4. This coiled l spring normally holds the plate 141 in itsraised'position. Formed on one vertical edge offt he plate 141 is theright angle extension 147 which carries the roller 148, said rollerprojecting from that face of the lug'or projectionadjacent the sideframe 4 for a purpose which will be presently described. Eormed on theupper end of the plate 141 is the vertically extending projection 149,this projectionbeing preferably positioned adjacent the vertical centerline of the plate. Se cured to the under side ofthe top plate 73 of thekeyboard, by means of the rivets or other suitable fastenings 150 is afiat spring 151 the free end of which will normally be spaced from thebottom of the plate. Ex-

tending upwardly from the spring, and through the plate 73 is the knobor finger piece 152 and secured to the under side of the spring is ablock 153 having the recess 154 formed in its under face. Mounted in there cess 154 is a roller 155, said roller being of such a diameter as toleave a space on each side thereof of a sufficient width to receive theprojection 149 formed on the upper end of the plate 141.

' Pivotally connected at 156 to the side of the frame 4 and between theinner face of said side plate and the slidable plate 141 is a latch 157,one end of which is beveled as shown at 15.8 and the opposite end is-re- 3 5 are the brackets or standards 163 and'164,

the bracket or standard 163 having the inwardly extending horizontal pinand the bracket or standard 164 having the inwardly extending horizontalpin 166; Carried by the pins 165' and 166 for verticalswinging movementis the frame 167, acoiled spring 168 being positioned on the pin 165 andengaging the inner face of one arm of the frame 167 as is moreclearlyshown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The opposite end of the coiled springis engaged by a washer 169 which is held. upon the pin by means of thenut: 170. The coiled spring 168 not only allows for a slightlongitudinalmovement of the frame between the pins but also normallyholds the frame 167 in raised or substantiallyhorizontal position.Secured to the frame 167 and extending beyond one end thereofis the bar171 to the outer end of which is secured a plate 172 to which the bellcrank lever 173 is pivotally connected at 174. Secured to the verticalarm of the bell crank lever 173 is one end of a coiled spring 175, theopposite end of the spring being connected at 176 to the plate 172. Thiscoiled spring 175 normally holds the horizontal arm of the bell cranklever 173 in engagement with the upper surface of the latch 157 Theframe 167 and the extension bar 171 are positioned beneath the rockerarms 13, as more clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings so thatwhen the rocker arms are depressed they inturn will depress the frameand its associated parts.

Assuming that the machine is set for operation on a payer basis thelever 117 will be swung towards the forward end of the machine so thatthe keyboard will be in its lowered position. It is desired to make asingle operation on the machine on a changer basis and to do thistheknobor finger piece 152 will be engaged and raised to disengage themember 153 from the projection 149 and then the keyboard will beslid-rearwardly of the frame or in its uppermost position. WVhen, inthis position the knob or finger piece 152 is released andtheprojection'149 on the upper end of the plate in Fig. of the drawings.The proper key of the keyboard is depressed for making change and uponthe depression of the rocker arms 13 it in turn will depress or lowerthe frame 167. As the frame 167 is lowered the horizontal arm of thebell crank lever 173 will ride over the beveled end 158 of'the latch 15?without causing movement of the plate-14:1. As the rocker arms raise,after the coins have been ejected from the coin tray, the coiled spring168 Will. raise the frame 167 and the bell crank lever 173 will engagebeneath the .end of the latch 157 and swing said latch on its pivot 156.This will lower the extension 159 for engaging the roller 14:8 and lowerthe plate 141 and remove the projection 155 on the top of said platefrom engagement with theroller 155. This will allow the keyboard todrop, by gravity, in its original set position to operate on the payerbasis. If the machine is set for permanent operation on a payer basisthe action will be just the reverse. Vhen the machine is on the payerbasis and is temporarily set to changer, the lever 117 will be in itsforward position, the spring 122 will be slack and the spring 138 willnot be so strong as to prevent the keyboard from falling back to itspayer position. When, however, the machine is permanently set as achanger the lever 117 will be in its rearward position, tensioning thespring 122. Then if the keyboard be shifted temporarily to its loweror-payer position, the combined tension of the spring138 plus the spring122 will be suhicient toraise it, against the force of gravity back toits changer position.

When the machine is set for operation on a changer basis it normallydelivers change from a. dollar but at times it may be desired to deliverchange from 25, 50 or In order that this may be done I have provided thekeys 17 7 and 17 8 which are operated for controlling mechanism asdescribed in my copending application Serial No. 715,662 of which thepresent application is a division. As this part of the machine forms nobasis for claims in the present application a further detail descriptionis not thought necessary and for a further understanding of theoperation of these keys 177 and 178 reference is made to my co-pendingapplication above referred to.

From the above detail description it will be seen that I have provided anovel form of machine which, as has been previously stated, maybeoperated either as a payer or as a changer, and I have provided certainkeys which are known as double acting or double paying keys. These lastmentioned keys are adapted for delivering, from the 1.6 coin tray,certain combinations of coins on boththe downward movement and the upaward movement of the keys when the machine is operating either on achanger or payer" basis. This provides for delivery of certain coins orcombinationsof coins very quickly and certainly much more quickly thanwould be the case it the keys had to be depressed twice. Bear in mindthat these keys are only depressed once and deliver certain coins. orcombination of coins as depressed as well as when returning to theiroriginal or upward position. i I

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is z- 1. A money handling machine comprising acoin tray, coin ejecting mechanism, a slidable plate for operating thecoin ejecting mechanism, arms pivotally connected to the plate, andmeans engageable with the arms for operating the plate. I V

2. A moneyhandling machine comprising a coin tray, coinejectingmechanism, a: slide.- ble' plate for operating the coin ejectingmechanism, arms pivotally connected to the plate, and rotatable meansengageable with the arms for operating the plate. i c

3. A money handling machine'compris ing coin tray, coin ejectingmechanism, a slidable plate for operating the coin ejecting mechanism,arms pivotally connected to the plate, and means for successivelyengaging the arms for operating the plate.

l. it money handling machine comprising a coin tray, coin ejectingmechanism, a slidable plate for operating the coin ejecting mechanism,arms pivotally connected to the plate, a rotatable member engageablewith the arms for operating the plate, and means for imparting-movementto the rotatable'member in opposite directions. v 1

5. A money handling machine comprising a coin tray, coin ejectingmechanism, a slidable plate for operating the coinejecting mechanism,arms pivotally connected to the plate, a rotatable member havingprojections adapted to be engaged with the pivoted arms, and means forimparting movement to the rotata} ble member. a

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

EDWARD J. BRANDT.

